That link seems to be filled with ways to clone drives, but if I'm migrating I wouldn't want to clone ubuntu and take it with me.
I know that your /home folder can be on a different drive/partition, but can you install files to a different location as well? Like install docker etc. in your /home folder or something and then if you switch distros just bring your /home folder with you and remake the links to the apps or something.
As user-focused as linux is (at least linux users), I wouldn't be surprised if there was some tool that made this easy. But idk.
Hey thanks. I had started following this guide right before I saw your post:
Essentially the same thing, except the guide uses "apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop" I used "sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop" and it found stuff to install. The terminal is running now. I'll update the post once it's done. Hope this works!
My primary machine runs Pop!_OS, but I've had this machine running for years. Back when I installed Ubuntu on it, Canonical wasn't widely known as a bad guy. I've got various services running that I would need to resetup if I started from scratch.
I get where you're coming from, but to migrate everything over would take so much time. For now I would really like it if my desktop just worked correctly. When I get the time I can look into putting mint or debian on it.
Keyboard+trackpad so you can sit on the couch and have keyboard+mouse controls on the TV.
Ah, I should have been more specific. Back in the day I got my GBA new for $75 retail. (With inflation that's probably a lot more now.)
Used DS lites are great, especially if you can fix the broken hinges and screens.
You're right! My point no longer stands. Removing the disk drive would then save about $100 from the console, which makes sense to remove if you're cutting costs and most players play digital anyways.
~also if you're pushing digital games.
All good points in the comments, but something I haven't seen a anyone talk about yet:
WHY is a DISK DRIVE $80??? All it does is read a disk. Any encryption on the disk would be decrypted on the console. External disk drives are like $20. If you specially brand them maybe you could go up to $40.
But $80? That's like a Gameboy Advance. That's a miyoo mini plus. That's an entire console in itself.
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